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• A new sculpture has appeared on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth

  28-09-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A new piece of contemporary art has appeared on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth, and reinterprets a famous photograph of a Baptist preacher and a European missionary.The resin sculpture by Samson Kambalu, shows the Baptist preacher, John Chilembwe wearing a hat, defying the colonial rule that forbade Africans from wearing hats in front of white people, and is almost twice the size of the European missionary John Chorley.
  This reverses a classic artistic style that, while not used in this
  
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• 78% of business professionals are up for meetings in the metaverse

  28-09-2022 18:15
  A study claims 78% of business professionals would participate in more immersive experiences such as the metaverse as opposed to boring old video conferencing.
  The study commissioned by networking systems and software firm Ciena surveyed 15,000 business professionals, and 78% of them reckoned they would participate in more immersive experiences like the metaverse for work. 87% would feel comfortable doing formal work meetings, such as getting told off by HR, in a virtual reality environment, whi
  
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• GWR launches “long weekend” train tickets

  28-09-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A new type of train ticket has been launched by Great Western Railway (GWR) in an experiment to see if it’s popular, offering a discounted rate for long weekends away from London.
  In post-pandemic times, Sundays have become particularly busy on the railways, so, to free up services on that day, customers using the Long Weekender tickets will depart at any time on a Friday or Saturday, and return at any time on a Monday.The Long Weekender will be initially trialled on routes from London Pad
  
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• European cloud players face declining market share as US hyperscalers clean up

  28-09-2022 14:06
  A report states that while EU cloud providers are growing revenues, their share of the market is declining as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft now account for 72% of the regional market.
  A new report from Synergy Research Group says that European cloud revenues reached €10.4 billion in the second quarter of 2022 – over five times larger than it was in 2017. However the growth has primarily benefited the big three US providers – AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure – while E
  
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• CDP readies TIM bid but valuation still an issue

  28-09-2022 14:03
  With the Italian election now over, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) is putting together an offer for TIM’s fixed network assets that will land in the next couple of weeks.
  The Italian state lender is essentially trying to figure out what TIM’s network is worth before making a bid that will act as a precursor to the country’s much-discussed single fixed network project, according to a report.
  “We are strictly working with our partners to finalize the valuation process of t
  
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• London’s winter lights displays for 2022/23

  28-09-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Each winter, London’s large parks fill their gardens and trees with winter lighting displays. Once a bit of a rarity, they’ve surged in popularity in recent years and can now be found all over London, so there’s bound to be one close to you.
  Most offer a winter’s wander around the woods lit up with thousands of lights, and winter foods to warm up with afterwards.
  Amazingly, some are already showing signs of starting to sell out on some dates, so best to book soon.
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• Federated Wireless has another crack at private networking

  28-09-2022 12:59
  US CBRS comms provider Federated Wireless this week launched a private networking service that aims to get customers up and running in just two weeks.
  Called Private Wireless-as-a-Service, it comes in both 4G and 5G flavour, and is sold through Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace, giving enterprises the tools they need to define their use case requirements and the location of their first deployment. Once the customer places their order, Federated Wireless ships out and installs the first priva
  
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• The steps needed to unlock 5G Standalone’s future

  28-09-2022 12:22
  While 5G Non-standalone connections are continuing to grow, with recent projections claiming that the number will reach 1.2 billion by the end of the year, more work needs to be done to really deliver on the potential of the technology. Non-standalone (NSA) networks have allowed for the rapid rollout of 5G with comparatively few complications and investments. However, setting up a 5G core for true Standalone (SA) networks, as well as the roaming environment and additional services that go alongs
  
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• Confirmed – Elizabeth line platforms at Bond Street station opening next month

  28-09-2022 10:17 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The delayed opening of the Elizabeth line platforms at Bond Street tube station has been confirmed by Transport for London (TfL), and they will open on Monday 24th October.Bond Street station was supposed to open with the rest of the railway, but has been heavily delayed by problems with the site.
  Although not announced at the time, a lot of the delay was known about back in 2014 due to a long delay with the initial station box construction and tunnelling. They had expected to catch up on the lo
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: Charterhouse Square, EC1

  28-09-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  This is a large open space close to Barbican that sits on top of a large 14th-century plague pit, and since then although everywhere around has been developed, the plague pit has never been built on. But it does have snakes in it.The plague pit was dug outside the boundaries of the City of London, and was the largest mass grave in London during the Black Death. During the plague, tens of thousands of bodies were buried in it. A few decades after the burials ceased, a large Carthusian monastery w
  
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